Florida Department of CorrectionsJulie L. Jones, Secretary

Almost Three of Every Four DC Employees is a Correctional Officer or Correctional Probation Officer

On June 30, 2002 the Florida Department of Corrections
had 23,921 employees, including 17,409 or 72.8%
in the Correctional or Correctional Probation Officer
series.

Of the 14,800 officers within the Department in
the Correctional Officer series 10,238 are classified
as correctional officers (69.2%) and 3,674 are
correctional officer sergeants (24.8%). Lieutenants
make up 2.8% (422) of the CO series, while
captains comprise 1.7% (258).